Portable mixer for paint, distemper, paste, or the like.



J. H. RATGLIFFB. PORTABLE MIXER FOR PAINT, DISTBMPBR, PASTE, OR THE LIKE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 14, 1918.

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JOHN HERBERT RATCLIFFE, OF MANCHESTER, ENGLAND.

PORTABLE MIXER FOR PAINT, DISTEMPER, PASTE, OR THE LIKE.

Application filed March 14, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN I'IERBER'J. RAT- CLIFFE, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at Gaylor Street Color WVorks, Oldham road, Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Portable Mixers for Paint, Distemper, Paste, or the like, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has reference to a portable mixer for breaking down paint, mixing distemper, paste or the like and is particularly adapted for use by decorators workmen, instead of necessitating the laborious breaking down and mixing of paint in the paint can by means of a stick or the like.

In the accompanying drawing which illustrates my invention: Figure 1 shows in elevation the portable paint, &c., mixer. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof, and Fig. 3 is a plan view of a detail part.

In a portable mixer made in accordance with my invention there is provided a rod or spindle a carrying at its lower end mixing blades Z) 6 of any suitable number and shape. The drawing shows three blades 6 secured to a table b fast on the end of the spindle a, the blades being perforated as shown, or these perforations may be dispensed with. A plan view of the table I) and mixing blades is shown in Fig. 3. A fourth blade 6 is secured in a boss I) by a set screw and is adapted to scrape around the sides of the keg or can 0, and can be adjusted to suit varying diameters of kegs. The spindle a is adjustable vertically in a boss 03 formed on the center of a cross bar 6. It is intended that this cross bar shall be disposed upon and be secured to the top of the paint can 0 or other receptacle containing the paint or the like which is to be broken down or mixed, and the vertical spindle a is made slidable within-the boss cl so that the mixing blades can be fixed at varying heights according" to the depth of the can. Means are provided to clamp the cross bar 6 to the can which means may be varied, but at present I find the illustrated method to be suitable and which is as fol- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

Serial No. 754,306.

lows: Two end slots f f are formed in the cross bar 6 in which are freely slidable the necks g of jaw pieces h. A screw bolt 2' passes freely through a slot 2" in the necks g and carries a wedge or clamping piece j which is formed with an inclined side at 7' the jaw it having also an inclined surface at it. lVhen the kegor can has been inserted in the jaw h as shown in section in Fig. 1 the screwed bolts 71 are rotated to draw the wedges j upward, and so the cross bar 6 is firmly clamped upon the top of the keg or can 0.

The jaws h are slidable in the slots 7', f to accommodate varying diameters of paint kegs, cans or the like. To drive the mixer I mount a shaft is horizontally in suitable bearings m m formed on the cross bar 0, the shaft 7: having a bevel wheel a thereon meshing with a bevel pinion 0 secured by a set screw 0 to the vertical mixing shaft a. This latter bevel wheel when secured to the vertical mixing shaft a is adapted to drive the mixing shaft and rotate the mixing blades 6, 6 while permitting such shaft to be adjusted endwise through it when the set screw 0 is slackened. The horizontal driving shaft 70 is actuated by a hand wheel,

handle, crank 79 or the like. The apparatus 1 as described may be varied in matter of detail.

I declare that what I claim is:

In a portable mixer, in combination, a spindle, means for rotating the same, a table secured to the lower end of said spindle and extending at right angles to the axis thereof, mixing blades secured to and depending from said table, a boss upon said table, a mixing blade having a right angled extension adjustably engaging said boss, and means for holding said blade in its adjusted position relatively to said boss.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALFRED STUART Yarns, NORMAN KIERNAN.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of I'atents.

Washington, D. G. 

